Funnel.



P. ANDERSON.

FUNNEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1910.

yg -g i Patented Dec.27,191 0.

.iRvhL-KLZDEEISGE, -33 SHEER-EDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DOVEB.STAMPING is .Elzljfll 1Il'F.&GTURZItTG GQMPANY, F PORTLAND, MAINE, AGORPOBATION 0E MAINE.

FUNNEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Dec. 2'7, 1910.

Application filed March 31, 1910. Serial No. 552,498.

Eb all whom it my concern:

Be it known that 1; Fans Anosnson, of Cambridge, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of lilassaclmsetts, a citizen of the United States,have invented a new and use Improvement in Funnels, of which thespecification. a 1 to a funnel tor filltenk or other receptacle havingavalve which closes to indicate when the tank is full as well as toretain any surplus liquid in the when it is thereafter removed the tank,and the embodiment of it n the drawings is especially intend llinggasolene tanks for aucomprises a. lunnelhaving a .iioh is closed by afloat operated by he liquid in the tank tennis constructed as thereshown in l igure ion of the lower part of the n its throat the valvebeing open.

similar view showing the positlie when the float has been fl hievalve,also showion oi and clo dotted lines the position otthe float l is awnout from the tank.

e at right angles 1 s is a section on 5 is an enlarged le er.

A the funnel he low-er portion only of which is shown, the lower end ofsaid funiiel being provi ed with the usual throat A which h; preferablycut away at one side as .hown at A".

B is a valve seat.

l is the valve which as shown is a ball and which in its preferred formis constructed of metal so asto have some appreciable weight.

c is a valve rod. which extends down through an opening-.5 in the crossbar B which serves to keep it approximately centered.

D is 2-. lever which is pivoted upon a rod E menu A across the throat ofthe funnel.

T s le er as shown comprises two members i med together at one end bythe part d "and at the other end by the part d these parts being locatedon opposite sides of the members of the lever, the part al beingment ofthe valve rod 0 which is pivoted to that end of the lever D. The floatarm F is pivoted to the other end of the lever D and the part 0? servesas a stop to limit the movement of the float arm F. The float armcarries a float F at its lower end.

VVhen'this funnel is to be used the parts are set in the position shownin Fig. 1, that is to say, the valve is raised by hand or otherwise,thus extending the lever D into the position shown in Fig. 1 where itwill be noted itis slightly overbalanced by the weight of the valve Cand its rod 0, the lower end of the rod resting against the stop d so asto prevent the valve from dropping. The float F depends from the otherend of the lever D. The tunnel is then placed in the opening 9 in thetank. or can G and the process of filling is then carried on in theusual way. When the level of the liquid in the can reaches the float Fthe float begins to rise with it as shown in Fig. 2 where H indicatesthe level of the liquid. As the float rises however it engages the stop(Z on the lever D and thereby turns the lever D so as to throw the pivotcl 't'rom its position in Fig. 1 to the left of the axis E of the leverD. There being nothing then to support the valve C it closes quickly byits own weight so that the parts assume the position shown in Fig. 2,the funnel at this moment being perhaps partly filled with liquid. Noliquid can escape however'be'tween the valve and its seat and the userseeing that the valve is closed and also, where the parts are made ofmetal hearing the closing of the valve, lifts the funnel out from thetank during which operation the float assumes the position showniii-dotted lines in Fig. 2 so that it will be drawn out from the tankwith the funnel. As the float F is light in'comparison with the weightof the valve C the lever 1) remains in the position shown in Fig. 2until the parts are re-set in the position shown in Fig. 1 to empty thefunnel or for use again.

The above is the simplest form of my invention now known to me but I donot mean to confine my invention to thisform of embodiment, my inventionconsisting broadly valve and a float whereby under ordinary conditionsthe valve will be held open and only allowed to close automatically whenthe float is lifted.

What I claim as my invention is: v 1. The funnel above described havinga throat provided with a valve seat,a valve to close against said seat,a trip lever pivotally mounted in said throat, one end of said tri-plever being pivotally connected to said valve and a float pivotallyconnected to the other end of said trip lever.

2. The funnel above described having a throat provided with'a valveseat, a valve to close against said seat, a valve rod, a trip leverpivotally mounted in said throat, one end of said trip lever beingpivotally attached to said valve rod and a float pivotally connected tothe other end of said trip lever.

3.'The funnel above described having a throat provided with a valveseat, a valve to close against said seat, a valve rod, a trip leverpivotally mounted in said throat, one

end of said trip lever being pivotally attached to said valve rod and afloat pivotally connected to the other end of said trip lever and havinga limited movement with relation thereto.

4. The funnel above described having a throat provided with a valveseat, a valve to close against said seat, a valve rod, a trip leverpivotally mounted in said throat, one

. end of said trip lever pivotallyconnected to said valve rod and havinga limited move ment With relation thereto, and a float pivotallvconnected to the other end of said trip lever and having a limitedmovement 'With relation to said trip lever.

PAHR- ANDERSON.

